Definition of stretchers:
(n) :
A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
(n) :
A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
(n) :
One who, or that which, stretches.
(n) :
A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
(n) :
A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
(n) :
(slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth.